Technology Tip of the Week

Use Great Caution in Installing Programs
Do you know what malware and adware are? They are tricks, certainly not treats!

These are programs that try to trick you into installing them, and if you do, they can do the same kind of malicious damage that viruses do, including stealing your passwords and taking over your computer. Our antivirus software helps to keep programs like this from spreading, but sometimes our staff members have been fooled by programs of this type and have installed them.

If you open an email, an attachment or a website and see messages like the ones below, you should contact the Internal Technology Department as soon as possible. View any such screen with great caution. The Internal Technology Department will let our staff know in The Connection or via an email from the Communications Department if any updates need to be made or if there are programs in Self Service that need to be installed.